Police exchange gunshots with robbers; stray bullet kills woman

A woman who happened to be on board a taxi caught during a crossfire between police and some suspected armed robbers at Esuekyir near Ankaful in the Central Region has lost her life.

She was hit by a stray bullet.

Her husband, Aboagye Okyere, 47, who was also on board the taxi, is battling for his life.

A schoolgirl, 15, who was also by the road looking for a car for school, was also hit by a bullet from the crossfire.

Narrating the incident to journalists on Thursday, Central Regional Police Commander DCOP Paul Manly Awini said a patrol team had information that a BMW salon vehicle with registration number GT 4523-J had been used by some suspected armed robbers in an operation.

The police, therefore, pursued them. They damaged and broke barriers and checkpoints on the Praso Jukwa road in the process and sped off.